Factors affecting it-based knowledge management strategy in UK healthcare system

Journal of Information and Knowledge Management

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 279-289

  Guah, Matthew W ^a   Currie, Wendy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

evidence based medicine; Healthcare knowledge management; medical knowledge; NHS IS strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749093303     PISSN: 02196492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219649204000900     Document Type: Article

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